Category Archives: Functional foods

November 30, 2022

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Human respiratory microbiome

Airway microecology in rifampicin-resistant and rifampicin-sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis patients – Cai et al. – BMC Microbiology

Human oral microbiome

Oral Bacteriome and Mycobiome across Stages of Oral Carcinogenesis – Heng et al. – Microbiology Spectrum

Human gut microbiome

[REVIEW]Double-edged sword: impact of fecal microbiome transplants on the gut resistome – Hallowell, Gao & Suez – Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Targeted suppression of human IBD-associated gut microbiota commensals by phage consortia for treatment of intestinal inflammation – Federici et al. – Cell

Gut microbiome alterations in preclinical Alzheimer’s disease – Jung et al. – PLOS One

[REVIEW]Sex, puberty, and the gut microbiome – Sisk-Hackworth, Kelley & Thackray

Animal experiments (mouse/rat experiments, chickens/pigs on different diets)

Lactobacillus reuteri tryptophan metabolism promotes host susceptibility to CNS autoimmunity – Montgomery et al. – Microbiome

Animal microbiome (for animals in the wild)

Genomic and Environmental Factors Shape the Active Gill Bacterial Community of an Amazonian Teleost Holobiont – Sylvain et al. – Microbiology Spectrum

Lack of host phylogenetic structure in the gut bacterial communities of New Zealand cicadas and their interspecific hybrids – Haji et al. – Scientific Reports

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Unveiling the Wheat Microbiome under Varied Agricultural Field Conditions – Jaiswal et al. – Microbiology Spectrum

Changes of the microbial community in kiwifruit during storage after postharvest application of Wickerhamomyces anomalus – Zhao et al. – Food Chemistry

Food microbiology

[PREPRINT]A dark matter in sake brewing: Origin of microbes producing a Kimoto-style fermentation starter – Ito et al. – bioRxiv

November 14, 2022

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Human and General Microbiome

Genetic regulation of serum IgA levels and susceptibility to common immune, infectious, kidney, and cardio-metabolic traits – Lili Liu – Nature Communications

Kidney microbiota dysbiosis contributes to the development of hypertension – Xin-Yu Liu – Gut Microbes

Gut mycobiota dysbiosis in drug-naïve, first-episode schizophrenia – Xiuxia Yuan – Schizophrenia Research

Transcriptomic analysis reveals an association of FCGBP with Parkinson’s disease – Pilar Gómez-Garre – NPJ Parkinson’s Disease

Integration of stool microbiota, proteome and amino acid profiles to discriminate patients with adenomas and colorectal cancer – Sofie Bosch – Gut Microbes

Human gut homeostasis and regeneration: the role of the gut microbiota and its metabolites – Claudia Marcela Arenas-Gómez – Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Colibactin possessing E. coli isolates in association with colorectal cancer and their genetic diversity among Pakistani population – Habiba Tariq – PloS one

Intestinal toxicity to CTLA-4 blockade driven by IL-6 and myeloid infiltration – Yifan Zhou – The Journal of Experimental Medicine

Genome-microbiome interplay provides insight into the determinants of the human blood metabolome – Christian Diener – Nature Metabolism

Vaginal microbiota in women with spontaneous preterm labor versus those with term labor in Kenya: a case control study – Edgar Gulavi – BMC Microbiology

Characteristics of oral microbiome of healthcare workers in different clinical scenarios: a cross-sectional analysis – Zhixia Zhang – BMC Oral Health

Multi-kingdom gut microbiota analyses define COVID-19 severity and post-acute COVID-19 syndrome – Qin Liu – Nature Communications

Characterization of antibiotic-resistance traits in Akkermansia muciniphila strains of human origin – Rossella Filardi – Scientific Reports

Food Microbiome

Causality Verification for the Correlation between the Presence of Nonstarter Bacteria and Flavor Characteristics in Soft-Type Ripened Cheeses – Ryosuke Unno – Microbiology Spectrum

Animal Microbiome

Microbiota of healthy and bleached corals of the species Siderastrea stellata in response to river influx and seasonality in Brazilian northeast – Gustavo Vasconcelos Bastos Paulino – Environmental Science and Pollution Research International

Environmental Microbiome

Exploring structure, microbiota, and metagenome functions of epigean and hypogean black deposits by microscopic, molecular and bioinformatic approaches – Beatrice Farda – Scientific Reports

Plant Microbiome

High throughput method of 16S rRNA gene sequencing library preparation for plant root microbial community profiling – Kie Kumaishi – Scientific Reports

Sugarcane cultivation practices modulate rhizosphere microbial community composition and structure – Ana Paula Corrêa Moneda – Scientific Reports

Effects of Two Bacillus velezensis Microbial Inoculants on the Growth and Rhizosphere Soil Environment of Prunus davidiana – Huimin Shi – International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Review: Climate change and plant pathogens – Muhammad M Raza – Current Opinion in Microbiology

Bioinformatics and Microbiome Analysis

Faecal microbiome-based machine learning for multi-class disease diagnosis – Qi Su – Nature Communications

Wochenende – modular and flexible alignment-based shotgun metagenome analysis – Ilona Rosenboom – BMC Genomics

De novo identification of microbial contaminants in low microbial biomass microbiomes with Squeegee – Yunxi Liu – Nature Communications

November 09, 2022

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General microbiome

[REVIEW]
Compartmentalization of the host microbiome: how tumor microbiota shapes checkpoint immunotherapy outcome and offers therapeutic prospects – Boesch et al. – Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

Human respiratory microbiome

The Upper-Airway Microbiome as a Biomarker of Asthma Exacerbations despite Inhaled Corticosteroid Treatment – Perez-Garcia – Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Human gut microbiome

Manipulating the microbiome to enhance oral tolerance in food allergy – Gonzalez-Visiedo – Cellular Immunology

Longitudinal transkingdom gut microbial approach towards decompensation in outpatients with cirrhosis – Bajaj et al. – Hepatology

Happy ageing by trusting our gut microbes – Jayaraman & Pettersson – Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Animal experiments (mouse/rat experiments, chickens/pigs on different diets)

Curcumin improves insulin sensitivity in high-fat diet-fed mice through gut microbiota – Zhong et al. – Nutrition & Metabolism

Short-Term Tomato Consumption Alters the Pig Gut Microbiome toward a More Favorable Profile – Goggans et al. – Microbiology Spectrum

[PREPRINT]Lifelong temporal dynamics of the gut microbiome associated with longevity in mice – Takayasu et al. – bioRxiv

[PREPRINT]The gut microbiome has sexually dimorphic effects on bone tissue energy metabolism and multiscale bone quality in C57BL/6J mice – Vahidi et al. – bioRxiv

Animal microbiome (for animals in the wild)

Food provisioning results in functional, but not compositional, convergence of the gut microbiomes of two wild Rhinopithecus species: Evidence of functional redundancy in the gut microbiome – Li et al. – Science of The Total Environment

Phages and viruses

Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages – Neri et al. – Cell

Bioinformatics

C3NA: correlation and consensus-based cross-taxonomy network analysis for compositional microbial data – Song & Zhou – BMC Bioinformatics

September 21, 2022

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Human respiratory microbiome

The Microbiota of Human Lung of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and the Alteration Caused by Anti-tuberculosis Drugs – Zhang et al. – Current Microbiology

Human urinary microbiome

Mechanisms of the intestinal and urinary microbiome in kidney stone disease – Miller et al. – Nature Reviews Urology

Human oral microbiome

Comparison of tumor-associated and nontumor-associated esophageal mucosa microbiota in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma – Zhang et al. – Medicine

Human gut microbiome

Differential co-expression networks of the gut microbiota are associated with depression and anxiety treatment resistance among psychiatric inpatients – Thompson et al. – Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Early fecal microbiome transfer after donor defecation determines response in patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis – Singh et al. – Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

[REVIEW]Modulatory role of gut microbiota in cholesterol and glucose metabolism: Potential implications for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease Atherosclerosis – Roessler et al. – Atherosclerosis

Landscape of the gut archaeome in association with geography, ethnicity, urbanization, and diet in the Chinese population – Bai et al. – Microbiome

Animal experiments (mouse/rat experiments, chickens/pigs on different diets)

Metabolic reconstitution of germ-free mice by a gnotobiotic microbiota varies over the circadian cycle – Hoces et al. – PLOS Biology

Inhibitory effects of antibiotic-induced gut microbiota depletion on acute itch behavior in mice – Zhang et al. – Brain Research Bulletin

RhoB affects colitis through modulating cell signaling and intestinal microbiome – Yang et al. – Microbiome

Animal microbiome (for animals in the wild)

Community and shotgun metagenomic analysis of Alligator mississippiensis oral cavity and GI tracts reveal complex ecosystems and potential reservoirs of antibiotic resistance – Perez-Marron et al. – Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Microbiome composition is shaped by geography and population structure in the parasitic wasp Asobara japonica, but not in the presence of the endosymbiont Wolbachia – Brinker et al. – Molecular Ecology

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Mangrove microbial community recovery and their role in early stages of forest recolonization within shrimp ponds – Loiola et al. – Science of The Total Environment

[REVIEW]Current understanding of plant-microbe interaction through the lenses of multi-omics approaches and their benefits in sustainable agriculture – Diwan, Rashid & Vaishnav – Microbiological Research

Mitigating abiotic stress: microbiome engineering for improving agricultural production and environmental sustainability – Phour & Sindhu – Planta

[OPINION]Plant microbiota dysbiosis and the Anna Karenina Principle – Arnault, Money & Vandenkoornhuyse

Food microbiology

Anthocyanin Addition to Kefir: Metagenomic Analysis of Microbial Community Structure – Aydin et al. – Current Microbiology

Metabolic framework of spontaneous and synthetic sourdough metacommunities to reveal microbial players responsible for resilience and performance – Calabrese et al. – Microbiome

June 20, 2022

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Highlights!

Dynamic metabolic interactions and trophic roles of human gut microbes identified using a minimal microbiome exhibiting ecological properties – Sudarshan A Shetty – The ISME Journal → This study shows the experimental setting of a minimal microbiome composed of 16 bacterial species, characterizing their metabolic relationships, dynamics, and stability.  

Integrated Microbiome and Host Transcriptome Profiles Link Parkinson’s Disease to Blautia Genus: Evidence From Feces, Blood, and Brain – Xingzhi Guo – Frontiers in Microbiology → Members of Blautia, a relatively common genus in the human gut, was “consistently depleted across feces, blood, and brain samples of PD patients”. This study suggests a link between Blautia and PD.

Human and General Microbiome

A Microbiota-Dependent Response to Anticancer Treatment in an In Vitro Human Microbiota Model: A Pilot Study With Hydroxycarbamide and Daunorubicin – Claire Amaris Hobson – Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Examination of host genetic effects on nasal microbiome composition – Haritz Irizar – The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Beneficial Microbes and Compounds

Kimchi improves irritable bowel syndrome: results of a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled study – Hee-Young Kim – Food & Nutrition Research

Non-Model Animal Microbiome

Aging gut microbiota of wild macaques are equally diverse, less stable, but progressively personalized – Baptiste Sadoughi – Microbiome

Model Animal Microbiome

Sodium alginate and galactooligosaccharides ameliorate metabolic disorders and alter the composition of the gut microbiota in mice with high-fat diet-induced obesity – Yao Li – International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Plant Microbiome

From the bacterial citrus microbiome to the selection of potentially host-beneficial microbes – Ramón Penyalver – New Biotechnology

Review: Microbiome engineering for sustainable agriculture: using synthetic biology to enhance nitrogen metabolism in plant-associated microbes – Sang-Woo Han – Current Opinion in Microbiology

Environmental Microbiome

Microbiome assembly in thawing permafrost and its feedbacks to climate – Jessica G Ernakovich – Global Change Biology

Other

Rapid sourdough yeast identification using panfungal PCR combined with high resolution melting analysis – Olga Bazalová – Journal of Microbiological Methods

April 8, 2022

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Good morning! Today’s microbiome digest is brought to you by mild insomnia induced by a mid-afternoon coffee. It includes two food related studies, one on pathogenic E. coli found in ready-to-eat foods and the other focused on a antifungal lipopeptide produced by B. velezensis isolated from honey, and an an article focused on a new approach for processing frozen lung and lavage samples for use in microbiome studies. Also included are several articles focused on the gut microbiome, and several preprints focused on soil microbiome studies. Finally, I want to highlight a piece that details the positive outcomes associated with the National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP). Registration for this year’s program is still open until April 15th, and the organizers are looking for both mentors, mentees, and donors!


Pregnancy and early life

Group B Streptococcus colonization at delivery is associated with maternal peripartum infection – Brigtsen et al. – PLOS ONE

Human gut microbiome

Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis and microbiome profile of patients in a referral gastrointestinal diseases centre in the Sudan – Elmagzoub et al. – PLOS ONE

Animal experiments

Vertical transmission of attaching and invasive E. coli from the dam to neonatal mice predisposes to more severe colitis following exposure to a colitic insult later in life – Brand et al. – PLOS ONE

Sex differences in the fecal microbiome and hippocampal glial morphology following diet and antibiotic treatment – Saxena et al. – PLOS ONE

Animal microbiome

Preprint: Anthropogenic disturbance impacts gut microbiome homeostasis in a Malagasy primate – Wasimuddin et al. – bioRxiv

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Preprint: Microclimate is a strong predictor of the native and invasive plant-associated soil microbiota on San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos archipelago – Schoenborn et al. bioRxiv

Preprint: The activity and functions of soil microbial communities in the Finnish sub-Arctic vary across vegetation types – Vitamaki et al. – bioRxiv

Preprint: Tracing carbon metabolism with stable isotope metabolomics reveals the legacy of diverse carbon sources in soil – Wilhelm et al. – bioRxiv

Water and extremophile microbiome (sea, rivers, lakes, glaciers, permafrost, high-salt)

Preprint: Culexarchaeia, a novel archaeal class of anaerobic generalists inhabiting geothermal environments – Kohtz et al. – bioRxiv

Food microbiology

Processed ready-to-eat (RTE) foods sold in Yenagoa Nigeria were colonized by diarrheagenic Escherichia coli which constitute a probable hazard to human health – Beshiru et al. – PLOS ONE

Purification and characterization of antifungal lipopeptide produced by Bacillus velezensis isolated from raw honey – Ziong et al. – PLOS ONE

Techniques

An optimized approach for processing of frozen lung and lavage samples for microbiome studies – Wiscovitch-Russo et al. – PLOS ONE

Science, publishing, and career

***National Summer Undergraduate Research Project (NSURP): A Virtual Research Experience to Deliver REAL (Retention, Equity, Access, and Life-Changing) Outcomes for Underrepresented Minorities in STEM – Johnson & Knox – JMBE

May 17, 2021

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Good morning from Pittsburgh.

Today’s digest is preprint-heavy and has quite a few articles focused on soil, plants, and agriculture. If you aren’t interested in those areas of research, we also have articles with topics spanning the 1918 pandemic to multi-donor fecal transplants to carbohydrate utilization by marine fungi.

Happy reading!

General microbiome

Fresh extension of Vibrio cholerae competence type IV pili predisposes them for motor-independent retraction – Chlebek et al. – Appl Environ Microbiol

Preprint: Coordination of gene expression with cell size enables Escherichia coli to efficiently maintain motility across conditions – Honda et al. – bioRxiv

Preprint: Archival influenza virus genomes from Europe reveal genomic and phenotypic variability during the 1918 pandemic – Patrono et al. – bioRxiv

Preprint: Fluorescent protein expression as a proxy of bacterial fitness in a high throughput assay – Schlechter et al. – bioRxiv

Preprint: Nanopore sequencing provides rapid and reliable insight into microbial profiles of Intensive Care Units – Viana de Siqueira et al. – bioRxiv

Human skin microbiome

Preprint: Anatomy promotes neutral coexistence of strains in the human skin microbiome – Conwill et al. – bioRxiv

Preprint: Gene- and genome-centric dynamics shape the diversity of oral bacterial populations – Utter et al. – bioRxiv

Human gut microbiome

Preprint: Two microbiota subtypes identified in Irritable Bowel Syndrome with distinct responses to the low-FODMAP diet – Vervier et al. – bioRxiv

Strain engraftment competition and functional augmentation in a multi-donor fecal microbiota transplantation trial for obesity – Wilson et al. – Microbiome

Plant, root, and soil microbiome

Soil origin and plant genotype structure distinct microbiome compartments in the model legume Medicago truncatula – Brown et al. – Microbiome

Preprint: A novel dual enrichment strategy provides soil- and digestate-competent N2O-respiring bacteria for mitigating climate forcing in agriculture – Jonassen et al. – bioRxiv

Preprint: Temporal dynamics of microbial transcription in wetted hyperarid desert soils – León-Sobrino et al. – bioRxiv

Preprint: Metagenomic sequencing for rapid identification of Xylella fastidiosa from leaf samples – Roman-reyna et al. – BioRxiv

Preprint: Pseudomonas arenae sp. nov., Pseudomonas glycinis sp. nov. and Pseudomonas harudinis sp. nov., three novel bacterial species and plant endophytes – Seaton et al. – bioRxiv

Preprint: Phage-resistant bacteria reveal a role for potassium in root colonization – Tzipilevich & Benfey – bioRxiv

Metagenomic analysis reveals the shared and distinct features of the soil resistome across tundra, temperate prairie, and tropical ecosystems – Qian et al. – Microbiome

Water and extremophile microbiome (sea, rivers, lakes, glaciers, permafrost, high-salt)

Potential and expression of carbohydrate utilization by marine fungi in the global ocean – Baltar et al. – Microbiome

Preprint: Syntrophic H2 production enhances the performance of primarily acetate-supplemented reactors treating sulphate contaminated solutions – Hessler et al. – bioRxiv

May 4, 2021

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In today’s post – host-microbe marker for inflammatory bowel disease, evolution of soil bacterium along the climate gradient, how C. difficile exploits host metabolite under inflammatory conditions induced by its own toxins and differential response of commensals to alter C. difficle virulence.

Job Posting

Microbiome Scientific Researcher, Computational (Cancer Immunology) – Genentech South San Francisco, California

General Microbiome

Endothelium–gut communication: IGF‐1Rs crosstalk with microbiota – Zhen Bouman Chen – EMBO reports

Recent advances in marine algae oligosaccharides: structure, analysis, and potential prebiotic activities – Xu-Ting Xie – Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Human Microbiome

Interplay between diet and gut microbiome, and circulating concentrations of trimethylamine N-oxide: findings from a longitudinal cohort of US men – Jun Li – Gut

Gut Dysbiosis Associated with Antibiotics and Disease Severity and Its Relation to Mortality in Critically Ill Patients – Masahiro Ojima – Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Effects of Totum-63 on glucose homeostasis and post-prandial glycemia: a translational study – Vivien Chavanelle – American Journal of Physiology Endocrinology and Metabolism

Impact of a fermented soy beverage supplemented with acerola by-product on the gut microbiota from lean and obese subjects using an in vitro model of the human colon – Antonio Diogo Silva Vieira – Environmental biotechnology

Decoding the matrix: multiomics reveals host-microbe biomarker for inflammatory bowel disease – Monica Viladomiu – The Journal of Clinical Investigation

Animal Microbiome

C. difficile exploits a host metabolite produced during toxin-mediated disease – Kali M. Pruss – Nature

In vivo commensal control of Clostridioides difficile virulence – Brintha P. Girinathan – BioRxiv

Description and comparison of the skin and ear canal microbiota of non-allergic and allergic German shepherd dogs using next generation sequencing – Neoklis Apostolopoulos – PlosOne

Plant, root and soil microbiome

Adaptive differentiation and rapid evolution of a soil bacterium along a climate gradient – Alexander B. Chase – PNAS

Soils and sediments host novel archaea with divergent monooxygenases implicated in ammonia oxidation – Spencer Diamond – BioRxiv

Water microbiome

Metabolic flexibility allows bacterial habitat generalists to become dominant in a frequently disturbed ecosystem – Ya-Jou Chen – ISME Journal

Techniques

Comprehensive single‐PCR 16S and 18S rRNA community analysis validated with mock communities, and estimation of sequencing bias against 18S – Yi‐Chun Yeh – Environmental Microbiology

Bacteria

Completion of the gut microbial epi-bile acid pathway – Heidi L. Doden – Gut Microbes

Possible effects of Porphyromonas gingivalis on the blood-brain barrier in Alzheimer’s disease – Ingar Olsen – Expert Review of Anti-infective Therapy

Population genomics provides insights into the evolution and adaptation to humans of the waterborne pathogen Mycobacterium kansasii – Tao Luo – Nature Communications

February 9, 2021

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Today’s updates in microbiome – iron homeostasis in host and gut bacteria, flavonol catabolism in gut bacteria, protocol for characterization of pulmonary microbiota, how single bacterial strain prevents GVHD and many more… happy reading!

General microbiome

Iron homeostasis in host and gut bacteria – a complex interrelationship – Yohannes Seyoum – Gut Microbes

α1-3Gal antigen in gut microbiota, a potential new environmental factor in multiple sclerosis – LéoBoussamet – Clinical Immunology

Human microbiome

Alterations in the gut bacterial microbiome in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus and diabetic retinopathy – Taraprasad Das – Scientific Reports

Discovery of an ene-reductase for initiating flavone and flavonol catabolism in gut bacteria – Gaohua Yang – Nature Communications

Animal microbiome

A single strain of Bacteroides fragilis protects gut integrity and reduces GVHD – M. Hanief Sofi – JCI Insight

Social behavior of musk deer during the mating season potentially influences the diversity of their gut microbiome – Jianmei Li​ – PeerJ

Low-dose exposure of glyphosate-based herbicides disrupt the urine metabolome and its interaction with gut microbiota – Jianzhong Hu – Scientific Reports

Cross-Feeding of a Toxic Metabolite in a Synthetic Lignocellulose-Degrading Microbial Community – Jessica A. Lee – Microorganisms

Dietary sphinganine is selectively assimilated by members of the mammalian gut microbiome – LeeMin-Ting – Journal of Lipid Research

Functional Foods

Shaping the Future of Probiotics and Prebiotics – Marla Cunningham – Trends in Microbiology

Utilizing the Food–Pathogen Metabolome to Putatively Identify Biomarkers for the Detection of Shiga Toxin-Producing E. coli (STEC) from Spinach – Snehal R. Jadhav – Metabolites

Clinical effects and gut microbiota changes of using probiotics, prebiotics or synbiotics in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis – Xiao-Feng Zhang – European Journal of Nutrition

Diabetes-induced cardiomyopathy is ameliorated by heat-killed Lactobacillus reuteri GMNL-263 in diabetic rats via the repression of the toll-like receptor 4 pathway – Chung-Jen Chiang – European Journal of Nutrition

Water microbiome

Understanding structure/function relationships in nitrifying microbial communities after cross-transfer between freshwater and seawater – Blanca M. Gonzalez-Silva – Scientific Reports

The microbial dimension of submarine groundwater discharge:current challenges and future directions – Clara Ruiz-González- FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Estrogen induces shift in abundances of specific groups of the coral microbiome – Caren L. S. Vilela – Scientific Reports

Metabolic fingerprinting of the Antarctic cyanolichen Leptogium puberulum–associated bacterial community (Western Shore of Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Maritime Antarctica) – Jakub Grzesiak – Microbial Ecology

Techniques

Development of a robust protocol for the characterization of the pulmonary microbiota – Nathan Dumont-Leblond – Nature Communications

Microbes in news

Eating fat-rich foods as a child causes long-lasting changes in gut microbiome: Study – First post

Human Microbiome Market Set to Register Healthy CAGR During to 2026 – KSU The Sentinel Newspaper

January 21, 2021

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Today’s post include review article on gut-liver axis, research articles on diet-microbiota interaction in Chinese adults, association between microbiome and type1 diabetes, and new metagenomic profiling method using phylogenetic markers.

General microbiome

Bacterial and eukaryotic extracellular vesicles and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: new players in the gut-liver axis? – Alexandre Villard – American Joural of Physiology Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Potential Contribution of the Intestinal Microbiome to Phenethylamine-Induced Hyperthermia – Aburahma A. – Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Human microbiome

Long-term diet quality is associated with gut microbiome diversity and composition among urban Chinese adults – Danxia Yu – American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Long-term dietary intake from infancy to late adolescence is associated with gut microbiota composition in young adulthood – Kolade Oluwagbemigun – American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

The gut microbiota metabolite propionate ameliorates intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction-mediated Parkinson’s disease via the AKT signaling pathway – Tingting Huang – Neuroreport

Fecal and mucosal microbiota profiling in pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases – Lorenza Putignani – European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Associations between diet, the gut microbiome and short chain fatty acids in youth with islet autoimmunity and type 1 diabetes – Jessica E. Harbison – Pediatric Diabetes

Reproducing the scalp microbiota community: co‐colonization of a 3D reconstructed human epidermis with C. acnes and M. restricta – Marisa Melon – International Journal of Cosmetic Science

Hepatic steatosis relates to gastrointestinal microbiota changes in obese girls with polycystic ovary syndrome – Beza Jobira – PlosOne

Animal microbiome

Infection trains the host for microbiota-enhanced resistance to pathogens – Apollo Stacy – Cell

Changes of Gut Microbiota and Its Correlation With Short Chain Fatty Acids and Bioamine in Piglets at the Early Growth Stage – Renli Qi – Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Functional Foods

Prospecting Human Milk Oligosaccharides as a Defense Against Viral Infections – Rebecca E Moore- ACS Infectious Diseases

Techniques

TIPP2: metagenomic taxonomic profiling using phylogenetic markers – Nidhi Shah – Bioinformatics

Precision long-read metagenomics sequencing for food safety by detection and assembly of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in irrigation water – Meghan Maguire – PlosOne

Microbes in news

Your Microbiome Isn’t Shaped Just By What You Feed It – Discover

Taurine Enhances the Microbiome’s Resistance to Future Pathogens – Genetic Engineering and Biotech News